Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEAN (East)

DEAN (East), a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; on the coast, near Beachy Head, 3½ miles WSW of Eastbourne r. station. It has a post office under Eastbourne. Acres, 2, 431; of which 280 are water. Real property, £1, 731. Pop., 334. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Friston, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £276. Patrons, the Bishop, Dean, and Chapter of Chichester. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Dean CP/AP       Eastbourne RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place names: DEAN     |     DEAN EAST     |     EAST DEAN
Place: East Dean

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